but that defeats the purpose for the cable industry and the movie theatre industry, it's why there are 6 month delay agreements signed by the movie companies with the cable companies, the cable company pays x amount for the movie and the studio agrees not to put it to DVD for z amount of time, otherwise the cable company has no reason to buy the movie, people are gonna rent it instead of watching it on their network. Movies come out in stages: theatre, pay per view, cable/rental/purchase (movies used to be available to rent before you could buy them for anywhere from a month to three months) and finally over the air networks.
I have to agree here, I use windows simply because I don't feel that i can jump into a Linux distro and still function, every month or so i decide " Alright I'm going to install Linux and be done with it, so i start looking for a distro, and then i just get totally lost, I'm not a complete tech moron, but on the other hand i use my computer for personal use only, i don't wade in and code, and i don't get half of the stuff that comes flying at me when i look into linux stuff. Maily the reson i give up on my lionux installation quest is that I fear that i won't get it working and i'll be screwed.
and that was one of the major points, while you know and understand the command your average user will not, and rather than nvest time and energy in learning what the hell they need to know in order to get into OSS they'll simply pick up the windows disk and slap it in the drive.
I have no doubt that Open Source software (i'm thinking primarily of Linux distros but not exclusively) is a better way to go, I think that the concept behind OSS is great, but for the average user the migration from windows is just too much of a pain in the ass.
nonestly i don't think people will end up paying less for cable, what i reckon is likely to happen is that the good channels will be billed at something silly like $5 a month, now that doesn't sound too bad, but figure a base charge for connection say $20-$25 maybe they offer a free channel for the top tier, maybe you add Fox, MTV2, and your favourite sports channel, now already you're at $35-40 a month, your cable bill is $10 cheaper but you have a whopping 4 channels, there's also the point that networks that run multiple channels, like ESPN and MTV and C-span would likely spread the programming so that you need to buy both MTV and MTV2 to get what you really want.
i recently moved back to scotland leaving my new wife in california, i got her an xbox live account to save on international calls, works great, in large part because you don't actually need a game to use the live! chat function, you can do it right from the dashboard. now if someone could bring out something like the eyetoy for the ps2 on the xbox and integrate it and give me a damn videophone that would be a useful peripheral.
fair points, but remember that sony was in exactly the same position when it launched the playstation that microsoft was in when they launched the xbox, they were newcomers to the field going up against well established videogaming companies, sony got some great publishers and designers working ongames for their platforms, square for example, and that's why people will buy the platform, not for hardware specs, not because it was or wasn't first to market, but because it has the games theyw ant to play, personally i feel that the xbox is a better machine than the ps2, (built in hd, built in LAN, online play that actually works well and isn't all that expensive if you play multiple games online) If MS can get the Xbox2 to market that far ahead of the PS3 and have some great games for it, it stands a good chance of bringing Ms up to Sony's level in market share. i think that with sony's immense back-catalogue of games over Ps1 and PS2 that MS will be hard pressed to compete on game selection but hopefully they can get some of those killer apps out before the ps3 launch and level the playing field.
oh and i bet halo2 is delayed till xbox 2 launches, i've been saying it for a year, the bastards are gonna make me buy more hardware just to play the damn thing
i use two monitors, crt's (i'm poor) a 19 and a 17, one for all the stuff that's running all the time, aim, emailbox etc.. and one for browsing or photoshop, or html work etc...
i tried setting up a third monitor, but it seemed too much, possibly if could set up a 2x2 display with LCd panels, it'd work better but beyond that i think it'd be too much of your field of vision. you'd lose track of most things except your primary one or two monitors, which kinda defeats the purpose of having multiple monitors anyway, right?
Windows is sold as an OS right? don't people get all up in arms when Ms bundle shit into windows? just trying to play devils advocate for a moment, but Windows DOES allow you to use your computer, if you decide to hook it up to the internet, or stick a cd or floppy disk in it then that's your decision and if you decide to do that you should indeed install AV software and set up a firewall.
yeah for sure, but the point is that this auto patch will cause any xbox EVEN ONE WITHOUT LIVE INSTALLED to "phone home" and update when you play a game that has the option of live play, even if you're not trying to play on live. so for those of us that have an xbox that is modified but that we choose not to use on xbox live it creates a problem, i don't have a hacked xbox to cheat, i have a hacked xbox to use it as an mp3 player in my bedroom, and a second place to play my games
only problem with that comes when you want to ftp from the pc to the xbox, I own 2 xboxes, i hacked one and purchased a second one to use on xbox live, i knew before i modded my first xbox that doing so would render it incapable of accessing the live! service, no problem, says i i'll fork out another $200 for a box to play on live, but i'll be mad as hell if the xbox i have for non-live use patches itself via the live service
i'm partial to the Microsoft wireless intellimouse explorer, as much as everyone bashes MS this mouse has to be the best hand-fitting mouse i've ever used, i have raltiveley large hands so the only thing i would change about it would be to make the bakc end of it just a little larger to fit my palm better
i just re-read this post and realised just how wrong it all sounds, oh well..........
indeed, these kinds of numbers are pretty much abstract without some sort of reference to what is being hosted on those servers. some sites are obviously juicier targets than others.
ok lemme think about this:
you listen to independent music, what appeals to you about independent music? why wouldn't that aspect appeal to you in a live setting where you can experience that aspect in a more intimate environment than on CD?
I honestly don't understand how you can be a fan of independent music and not think live shows in some cafe or small town dance hall would be enjoyable.
I listen to everything from mega commercial international acts to the local bands who still don't have a Cd out, honestly i don't even go to big concerts anymore, too much money, too far to travel for the show, too impersonal. The small local shows however, really blow me away, i once saw one of my favourite local bands play in the local laundromat seating area, there were people packed in there, and they played happy birthday for a friend in the crowd (they're a punk band) and it was one of the 5 best shows i've ever seen.
i wonder if the same idea could hold true in the PanIP case, they're going after small companies exclusiveley, in the hopes of building a snowball of legal precedent by having the smaller companies settle out for court for $5000.
y'know what, you're so right, i mean ownership is theft, man, tear down that system!
~ahem, excuse my sarcasm, i despise stupid people, ~
~this country needs two things; a law against being bloody stupid, and a law agains frivolous lawsuits~
i'm pretty much out of any religious affiliation, although my family is almost entireley christian, i respect the views and beliefs of anyone and everyone, and i'll stand up for those rights, to the death, that's part of what living in the USA is all about, you have to be willing to accept the fact that your right to believe whatever you want is just as true and just as the other guy's right to stand on a soap box and decry at the top of his lungs that which you hold as absolute truth, the one and only reason i object to the monument to the ten commandments is that it's funded by government money and is located in a government space, if this judge wants to spend HIS money to put up this monument in HIS yard that'd be great. btw, enigmaticsource, thanks for the reply, it's nice to see people with respectful and realistic attitudes when it comes to this kind of debate
thank the christinans? what are you on? thse people feld a country where they were being persecuted, in what world does that set up a precedent for them to persecute others? or force others to follow their beliefs?
hi i'm totally new to linux scene, i was wodnering if anyone could point me in the right direction for getting started, i'm hoping to set up a small ftp server using linux, but have no clue where to start or what distro to use, any help would be appreciated, thanks
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they'll be Credit Card capable too, although i have to agree that the idea of not knowing how much parking will be at a given time is rather annoying.
but that defeats the purpose for the cable industry and the movie theatre industry, it's why there are 6 month delay agreements signed by the movie companies with the cable companies, the cable company pays x amount for the movie and the studio agrees not to put it to DVD for z amount of time, otherwise the cable company has no reason to buy the movie, people are gonna rent it instead of watching it on their network. Movies come out in stages: theatre, pay per view, cable/rental/purchase (movies used to be available to rent before you could buy them for anywhere from a month to three months) and finally over the air networks.
I have to agree here, I use windows simply because I don't feel that i can jump into a Linux distro and still function, every month or so i decide " Alright I'm going to install Linux and be done with it, so i start looking for a distro, and then i just get totally lost, I'm not a complete tech moron, but on the other hand i use my computer for personal use only, i don't wade in and code, and i don't get half of the stuff that comes flying at me when i look into linux stuff. Maily the reson i give up on my lionux installation quest is that I fear that i won't get it working and i'll be screwed.
and that was one of the major points, while you know and understand the command your average user will not, and rather than nvest time and energy in learning what the hell they need to know in order to get into OSS they'll simply pick up the windows disk and slap it in the drive. I have no doubt that Open Source software (i'm thinking primarily of Linux distros but not exclusively) is a better way to go, I think that the concept behind OSS is great, but for the average user the migration from windows is just too much of a pain in the ass.
nonestly i don't think people will end up paying less for cable, what i reckon is likely to happen is that the good channels will be billed at something silly like $5 a month, now that doesn't sound too bad, but figure a base charge for connection say $20-$25 maybe they offer a free channel for the top tier, maybe you add Fox, MTV2, and your favourite sports channel, now already you're at $35-40 a month, your cable bill is $10 cheaper but you have a whopping 4 channels, there's also the point that networks that run multiple channels, like ESPN and MTV and C-span would likely spread the programming so that you need to buy both MTV and MTV2 to get what you really want.
billion here billion there, shit that could start adding up to real money!
i recently moved back to scotland leaving my new wife in california, i got her an xbox live account to save on international calls, works great, in large part because you don't actually need a game to use the live! chat function, you can do it right from the dashboard. now if someone could bring out something like the eyetoy for the ps2 on the xbox and integrate it and give me a damn videophone that would be a useful peripheral.
fair points, but remember that sony was in exactly the same position when it launched the playstation that microsoft was in when they launched the xbox, they were newcomers to the field going up against well established videogaming companies, sony got some great publishers and designers working ongames for their platforms, square for example, and that's why people will buy the platform, not for hardware specs, not because it was or wasn't first to market, but because it has the games theyw ant to play, personally i feel that the xbox is a better machine than the ps2, (built in hd, built in LAN, online play that actually works well and isn't all that expensive if you play multiple games online) If MS can get the Xbox2 to market that far ahead of the PS3 and have some great games for it, it stands a good chance of bringing Ms up to Sony's level in market share. i think that with sony's immense back-catalogue of games over Ps1 and PS2 that MS will be hard pressed to compete on game selection but hopefully they can get some of those killer apps out before the ps3 launch and level the playing field. oh and i bet halo2 is delayed till xbox 2 launches, i've been saying it for a year, the bastards are gonna make me buy more hardware just to play the damn thing
i use two monitors, crt's (i'm poor) a 19 and a 17, one for all the stuff that's running all the time, aim, emailbox etc.. and one for browsing or photoshop, or html work etc... i tried setting up a third monitor, but it seemed too much, possibly if could set up a 2x2 display with LCd panels, it'd work better but beyond that i think it'd be too much of your field of vision. you'd lose track of most things except your primary one or two monitors, which kinda defeats the purpose of having multiple monitors anyway, right?
Windows is sold as an OS right? don't people get all up in arms when Ms bundle shit into windows? just trying to play devils advocate for a moment, but Windows DOES allow you to use your computer, if you decide to hook it up to the internet, or stick a cd or floppy disk in it then that's your decision and if you decide to do that you should indeed install AV software and set up a firewall.
yeah for sure, but the point is that this auto patch will cause any xbox EVEN ONE WITHOUT LIVE INSTALLED to "phone home" and update when you play a game that has the option of live play, even if you're not trying to play on live. so for those of us that have an xbox that is modified but that we choose not to use on xbox live it creates a problem, i don't have a hacked xbox to cheat, i have a hacked xbox to use it as an mp3 player in my bedroom, and a second place to play my games
only problem with that comes when you want to ftp from the pc to the xbox, I own 2 xboxes, i hacked one and purchased a second one to use on xbox live, i knew before i modded my first xbox that doing so would render it incapable of accessing the live! service, no problem, says i i'll fork out another $200 for a box to play on live, but i'll be mad as hell if the xbox i have for non-live use patches itself via the live service
i'm partial to the Microsoft wireless intellimouse explorer, as much as everyone bashes MS this mouse has to be the best hand-fitting mouse i've ever used, i have raltiveley large hands so the only thing i would change about it would be to make the bakc end of it just a little larger to fit my palm better i just re-read this post and realised just how wrong it all sounds, oh well..........
indeed, these kinds of numbers are pretty much abstract without some sort of reference to what is being hosted on those servers. some sites are obviously juicier targets than others.
ok lemme think about this: you listen to independent music, what appeals to you about independent music? why wouldn't that aspect appeal to you in a live setting where you can experience that aspect in a more intimate environment than on CD? I honestly don't understand how you can be a fan of independent music and not think live shows in some cafe or small town dance hall would be enjoyable. I listen to everything from mega commercial international acts to the local bands who still don't have a Cd out, honestly i don't even go to big concerts anymore, too much money, too far to travel for the show, too impersonal. The small local shows however, really blow me away, i once saw one of my favourite local bands play in the local laundromat seating area, there were people packed in there, and they played happy birthday for a friend in the crowd (they're a punk band) and it was one of the 5 best shows i've ever seen.
grab and pull file manipulation, minority report springs to mind, probably a mechanic used elsewhere too though
i wonder if the same idea could hold true in the PanIP case, they're going after small companies exclusiveley, in the hopes of building a snowball of legal precedent by having the smaller companies settle out for court for $5000.
y'know what, you're so right, i mean ownership is theft, man, tear down that system! ~ahem, excuse my sarcasm, i despise stupid people, ~ ~this country needs two things; a law against being bloody stupid, and a law agains frivolous lawsuits~
i'm pretty much out of any religious affiliation, although my family is almost entireley christian, i respect the views and beliefs of anyone and everyone, and i'll stand up for those rights, to the death, that's part of what living in the USA is all about, you have to be willing to accept the fact that your right to believe whatever you want is just as true and just as the other guy's right to stand on a soap box and decry at the top of his lungs that which you hold as absolute truth, the one and only reason i object to the monument to the ten commandments is that it's funded by government money and is located in a government space, if this judge wants to spend HIS money to put up this monument in HIS yard that'd be great. btw, enigmaticsource, thanks for the reply, it's nice to see people with respectful and realistic attitudes when it comes to this kind of debate
thank the christinans? what are you on? thse people feld a country where they were being persecuted, in what world does that set up a precedent for them to persecute others? or force others to follow their beliefs?
hi i'm totally new to linux scene, i was wodnering if anyone could point me in the right direction for getting started, i'm hoping to set up a small ftp server using linux, but have no clue where to start or what distro to use, any help would be appreciated, thanks